"I am not suggesting we legislate or regulate Facebook’s or Google’s use of our data. I am suggesting we disintermediate them by creating decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) as our social platforms."

"It's really, really important to get this sorted out, that everybody owns access to public data." Greg Kidd discusses a landmark Supreme Court case on the new Yaka Talks podcast. Subscribe to the Hard Yaka YouTube channel and watch the full episode at: buff.ly/3vV4WMH

Is the Tax Code a Mystical Text? link.medium.com/A0y9Geoh7pb

Voted for @NathanHochmanAG today for California Attorney General. Nathan is highly qualified and would bring valuable managerial experience to California's AG office.

What will be valuable in a world where scarcity is a thing of the past? I think crypto and real estate will be the only truly scarce assets in an AI-enabled future. A thread 🧵 1/22

I've been quiet as the noise of the world over the past few years has become unseemly. But I did just write something—and post it on the interwebs! A phenomenology of playing music. medium.com/@dcoffeen/the-…

Not sure this mic is still on...I wrote something on charisma and the ubiquitous sundry forces of attraction, repulsion, & indifference that take place between bodies: a physics of the imperceptible that quietly, forcefully, shapes the world. dcoffeen.medium.com/the-push-pull-…

I'm running for Congress as an Independent in NV District 2:

Don passed away this week surrounded by family and friends. He said to me in his final days, “I’m just an ordinary person, don’t worry about me.” He was wrong about the first part. Rest in peace my friend. We will celebrate your life and memory by living up to your example. 🙏❤️

This isn’t a ruling against CB but does mean most claims will survive trial. I found more interesting judge’s securities law analysis specifically using SOL as an example and her allusion to something eerily similar to _gabrielShapir0 network equity point years ago

Took me a while to realize this, but the lack of something like a YC in crypto is actually a core reason we haven’t seen “institutionalization” of fairly standard patterns like in traditional VC.

OpenSea has received a Wells notice from the SEC threatening to sue us because they believe NFTs on our platform are securities. We're shocked the SEC would make such a sweeping move against creators and artists. But we're ready to stand up and fight. Cryptocurrencies have long

To help ensure creators continue building without fear, we're pledging $5M to cover legal fees for NFT artists and developers that receive a Wells notice. Read more on our blog post here: opensea.io/blog/articles/…

SEC enforcement in crypto should (1) encourage innovation and (2) work with industry to understand the possibilities and risks of new technologies. We should approach cryptocurrency like we did the early internet, not like how we waged the War on Drugs. medium.com/@dashiellshapi…

Nathan Hochman elected Los Angeles County DA, ousting progressive prosecutor George Gascón apnews.com/article/distri…

1/ TAX ASKS - DISCUSSION DRAFT Every crypto lawyer should be thinking about and socializing what the top legislative asks of their practice would be from the incoming administration. Here are some US tax asks. I am open to hearing others. A short 🧵...

Happy 50th birthday Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸!! I will never be able to repay you for giving me a career, a husband, and some of my best friends, but I will try to live up to your example of service and limitless generosity. From New York, Iowa, Vermont, Puerto Rico, Dubai and many states and

Leaving 45k wallets with no bridge? This should be a solvable issue. dYdX dYdX Foundation

1/ We just led a $75 million raise for @DaylightEnergy, a decentralized energy network that powers distributed solar + storage. We think Daylight can use DeFi to finance solar installs, reduce energy costs, and bring new yield on-chain. 🧵👇

In 2026, I plan to be fully back to decentralized social. If we want a better society, we need better mass communication tools. We need mass communication tools that surface the best information and arguments and help people find points of agreement. We need mass communication